Apr 11 2010

TV Premieres: Week of April 11

Category: TV,Upcomingvelveetahead @ 2:38 pm

Glee returns from hiatus this week, if you didn’t get the message from the non-stop promotional barrage FOX has had about its return the past few weeks. The rest of the week is filled with tons of season finales.

The season finale of Undercover Boss is tonight. It has been renewed for a second season with the promise of female CEOs going undercover next season.  Monday night is the season finale of Life Unexpected, which has not been doing too great in the ratings, but CW seems to like the show’s quality enough that it might be renewed.  On Tuesday night, Melrose Place will have its season finale. The ratings have been very weak so I would be surprised if it was renewed. Both should be announced in May at the latest.

There is a bit more hope for Human Target getting renewed since it could potentially fill the void of 24 going off the air after this season.  The season finale is on Wednesday along with the series finale of Ugly Betty that ABC successfully killed by moving it around to death spots on its schedule.

Pick of the Week

Doctor Who
Channel: BBCA
Time: 9/8c
Starring: Matt Smith, Amy Pond
Premieres: Saturday, April 17
Trailer

Synopsis: Matt Smith steps into the Doctor role as the 11th in the series and also the youngest actor to play the Doctor.

My Take: While it is always hard to get used to a new actor playing the same character, I trust that the creators of the show will do well to make it work. They know what they are doing.

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May 31 2009

TV: Week of June 1

Category: TV,Upcomingvelveetahead @ 7:33 pm

I believe we really had one week off between the end of the regular season of network shows (with a few of them finally ending this week) and the beginning of the summer shows. There will be even more premiering next week, but this week we have the return of Burn Notice, which seems to fit in better in the summer than when it shows episodes in the winter.

Season Finales: Medium, According to Jim, Law & Order: SVU, Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, Law & Order, Make Me a Supermodel

Pick of the Week

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Burn Notice
Channel: USA
Time: 9/8c
Starring: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless, Tricia Helfer,  Seth Peterson
Premieres: Thursday, June 4
Trailer

Synopsis: Michael is free from the group that burned him, but now the police are after him.

My Take: The show is at its best when it shows us how to make weird devices with ordinary items like MacGuyer and when there is the boiling over chemistry between Michael and Fiona.

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